| 单词 | letting down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletting down letting down n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > failure to support letting down1483 letdown1768 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > altering decaudation1927 letting down1966 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation lv The lyftyngys vppe of the crosse & the lettyngys done ageyne. 1553 J. Brooks Serm. Notable Paules Crosse sig. H.viii Their letting downe of hospitalitie. 1670 J. Bryan Dwelling with God viii. 403 The dreadful danger that good Christians are in..through the letting down of their spiritual watch. 1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xxii. 663 Every lifting up and letting down of the Sucker of the Pump. 1827 H. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 40/2 Some wiseacres..would think it a woful letting-down. 1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 990/1 Letting down, the reduction of altitude from cruising height to that required for the approach to landing. 1966 J. Godden & R. Godden Two under Indian Sun iii. 68 The letting down of hems or takings in, as dresses were handed down. 1993 T. Parker May Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast (1994) ix. 129 A terrible letting-down of Northern Ireland people. < as lemmas |
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